Shoe



Fb. 23, 1932. D, F, SEREMBA 1,846,617

SHOE

Filed Nov. 7, 1950 l INVENTOR l /mz'e/ wlw/15a 3 BY AT ORNEY l f3 lPatented Feb. 23, 1932 p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DANIEL F. SEREMBA,OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY SHOE Application led November 7, 1930. SerialNo. 493,981.

The invention aims to provide an im- The front sole plate and the rearplate are proved shoe specially designed for baseball provided withcleats to give the runner a players and in running generally. It serveshold on the turf to prevent slipping. On the to protect the arch of theWearers foot, front sole plate there is shown a fixture conserving as aprophylactic against injury t0 sisting of three cleats 12 and 13respectively 55 the arches. It serves also to prevent slipconnected toeach other by thin Webs 14 and ping and to enable the wearer to get aquick riveted to the sole. This is a common form start from a standingposition. of cleat. The cleat 12 is substantially trans- Theaccompanying drawings illustrate an verse to the length of the shoe andthe cleats embodiment of the invention. 13 oblique and approximatelylongitudinal. no

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a shoe The rear plate or sole 11 isprovided With a with the outline of a foot and the location cleat 15 atthe rear Which extends transverseof the principal bones therein; ly,cleats 16 at the sides which extend ob- Fig. 2 is an underside plan viewof the liquely longitudinally and a cleat 17 which 15 shoe; istransverse or approximately so; these be- U5 Figs. 3, 4 and 5 areelevations showing ing connected by a web 18 and fastened by differentpositions. rivets to the sole.

The shoe may be of any style. In the case The Web 14 Which holds thefront cleats illustrated it has an upper 1, on the bottom extends fromeach cleat to the other two,

20 of which is an inner sole 2 and an outer making a closed figure. TheWeb 18, hoW- 70 front sole 3 which extends back under the ever, is anopen figure extending from the first metatarsal bones 4. Back of themetaoutside cleat 16 rearwardly and thence for tarsal bones are thebones forming the key Wardly along the inside edge of the sole toportion of the arch, the internal cuneiform the. end carrying the cleat17. The web 18,

bone 5 and the scaphoid bone 6. Back of therefore, has substantially nogreater 75 this is the astragalus 7, the tibia 8 and the Weight than theweb of the front cleats alos calcis or heel 9. Itis common to providethough it carries one more cleat than the a heel plate on shoes underthe rear portion front web. of the foot, leaving between it and thefront In the standing position, say of a fielder in sole 3 a length ofabout three inches of the a baseball game, practically all of the cleatsSu inner sole 2 for flexibility. Such a heel will bear on the ground asin Fig. 3. The plate, fOr eX2lII1ple,WOuld eXteIld in the Ordiarch Will,therefore, be supported at its center nary shoe to about the pointindicated by and there will be no substantial strain on the the d-Ottedline 10- foot. When the wearer starts to run he will I propose toprovide a rear plate 11 which dig the rear cleat 15 into the earth andif he S5 eXteIldS IOIII the rear end Of the SllOe OI- is going to movesidewise he Will dig in with Ward to a greater length than usual so asto one or the other of the side cleats 16, accordbring it under the keyof the arch formed ing to the direction of his movement.

by the bOIleS 5 and 6. In all Ordinary Shoe, As he advances, the middlecleat 17 Will Say abOllt eleven IlCheS in 0013211 length, this dig intothe earth and will provide him With rear plate Would be about five andOne-half a continued point of reaction to propel himinches long alongthe inside edge (the left self forward, at the same time supporting theedge 0f the right OOt, 0I' the right edge O arch of his foot fromexcessive bending downtbe left OO), and all IlCll ShOIteI at the Ward.This position is shown in Fig. 4. In

outer side. his further movement, his grip on the earth This plate is ofstiff leather similar. to that Will depend first on the longitudinalfront commonly used for heell plates. It may be cleats 13 and finally onthe transverse front of one or more plies and may be reinforced cleat12, as -in Fig. 5.

with a metal plate for greater stiffness and In baseball shoes of theprevious type co1n support under the key point of the arch. monly usedthere have been no transverse cleats between those at the extreme rearend and the extreme front end respectively. In the intermediateposition, therefore, the runner has no substantial grip on the earthhelping to propel him forward. This has oceasionally caused slipping.And in an case it causes an excessive bending of the 'oot and frequentinjury to the arch in the course of time.

The approximately central cleat 17 provided by this invention gives thewearer a good grip for forward propulsion in practically every positionand tends to prevent injury to the arches by avoiding the necessity ofbending the foot excessively to grip with the toe cleat.

`The shoe illustrated lacks the comparatively high heel which is used inthe common walking shoe. Running shoes are made usually without suchheels so as to avoid the concentration of weight on the toe and tosecure a distribution of the weight and the reaction over the fulllength of the sole.

The heel plate ll is of the same order of thickness as the front soleplate 3. With this style of shoe the present invention is particularlyuseful. IVith running shoes of this style having cleats only at the toeand heel ends, there is a considerable strain on the muscles and tendonswhich extend from the toe bones to the heel bone and form av sort oftension cord of the arch formed by the bones.

In running or starting quickly, a transfer of the point of reaction fromthe heel end clear to the toe end puts a strain on such muscles andtendons which if repeated for a considerable season causes them to slipto a certain extent and permit the fall of the arch. But by introducingan intermediate point of reaction as by the middle cleat 17, the weightor reaction is not transferred at one movement from heel to toe but istransferred gradually so that there is not the sudden strain on themuscles and tendons referred to and they will be prevented from yieldingor slipping to a very substantial extent and will be kept in normalcondition for a longer period of time.

Various modifications of the invention may be made by those skilled inthe art without departing from the invention as delined in the followingclaims` l. A running shoe having transverse cleats at the rear and frontends and having an intermediate transversely extending cleat stiliyconnected to the rear end cleat and adapted to grip the earth in anintermediate position between that of starting on the heel and goingforward on the toe.

2. A running shoe having transverse cleats at the rear and front endsand having an intermediate transversely extending cleat under the shankportion of the sole and adapted to grip the earth in an intermediateposition between that of starting on the heel and going forward on thetoe.

3. A running shoe having` comparatively stiff front and rear soleportions with an intermediate comparatively flexible portion and havingtransverse cleats at the rear and front ends and having an intermediatetra-nsversely extending cleat adapted to grip the earth in anintermediate position between that of starting on the heel and goingforward on the toe, said intermediate cleat being on the inner side ofthe sole of the shoe.

4. A running shoe having toe cleats and a heel lixture having thefollowing cleats, namely, a transverse one at the rear, longitudinallyextending ones at opposite sides and, in advance of these, atransversely extending cleat.

5. A running shoe having toe cleats and heel cleats, said heel cleatsincluding a transverse one at the rear, longitudinally extending ones atopposite sides and, in advance of these, a transversely extending cleatand a web extending from one side cleat in succession to the rear cleat,the opposite side cleat and the forward cleat and open between the firstside cleat and the forward cleat.

6. A running shoe having a. front sole plate and a rear heel plate ofapproximately the saine thickness and having a more flexible solobetween said plates and having transverse cleat-s at the rear and frontends of said plates respectively and having an intermediate transverselyextending cleat at the front of the rear plate.

7. A running shoe having a front sole plate and a rear heel plate ofapproximately the same thickness and having a more flexible sole betweensaid plates and having transverse cleats at the rear and front ends ofsaid plates respectively and having an intermediate transverselyextending cleat at the front of the rear plate and having longitudinallyextending cleats at the sides.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

DANIEL F. SER-EMBA.

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